Can I do better? I don’t think so.
Date posted: 01-04-10Article written by
Every Child Matters is a good thing (depsite what Dan says); and I do think it makes a difference – I know some of the kids in our school have chances they might not before, and that we’ve started to notice things or be able to report things that before would have been missed. But my god it’s a lot of work. This term so far I have:
- Started a club on dealing with bullying (Stay Safe)
- Cleared, planted and maintained a veggie patch for the canteen (Be healthy)
- Opened and run a school bank for a week (Economic Wellbeing)
- Started extra reading with the less able kids (Enjoy and Achieve)
- Gone out with the older kids in the snow to sweep the driveways of the elderly. (Make a positive contribution)
And my reward? Being made Director of ECM for the entire school. “We’ve made a good start with ECM, and I know Rosie will really be able to make it a reality,” said the head. What the hell was it before? A rehearsal?
April 2nd, 2010 at 11:47 am
These things, while worthy in intention, inevitably become a Hydra’s head. The school is under enormous pressure to continually demonstrate ‘capacity for improvement’, which ultimately means that nothing we do will ever be ‘good enough’. I think the only option with something as massive as ECM is to get other staff members on board and ‘lead’ the inititive while other people do the donkey work.